> I also want to thank Bill Atherton for his offer to do look-ups. It certainly was a generous offer of both time and effort. Many thanks to Bill and good luck in your research efforst to all of you. Linda > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [ILWASHIN] Washington County Lookups > Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 00:19:56 -0600 > From: "William \"Bill\" Atherton" <w.atherton@gte.net> > To: ILWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > > I've had a pretty good response to my offer of lookups for Washington > County. I've been happy to do them. Unfortunately, most of them have not > yielded any results, however I have found family histories for six of you. > > I'm posting this note to the list rather than write six different e-mails to > those six. I am going to TRY and photocopy the pages rather than attempt to > type out all of the information as this would take a good bit of time at the > computer because some of them are a bit lengthy. Because of physical > limitations on my part, sitting at my computer for extended periods is quite > uncomfortable for me. The problem is that the book is large, thick and > heavy which makes photocopying difficult. It's rather hard to manipulate a > book of this size on a copy machine. I've tried to do this before with > books of this size and it does get to be quite a job. Each page of this > book has two columns of type. For those histories that happen to fall on > the outside column of the page, it's not as difficult to get a decent copy, > but for those histories that fall on the inside column next to the spine, > it's sometimes difficult to get a decent copy because the type is so close > to the spine as the page curves inward towards the spine and you must press > down on the spine of the book in order for all of the page to come in > contact with the copy bed. Sometimes you can do it, sometimes not. It also > tends to break down the spine. > > I will take the book to the place where I make my copies and see what I can > do. I'll do my best for all of you, but I can't make any promises. If I > can make readable copies, I'll mail them to you. If I can't make readable > copies, I'll just have to type them out a few at a time. > > I have found family histories for the following people and this note is > meant for you: > > 1. DWahlst248@aol.com Diane > 2. DLHGLH@aol.com Deborah > 3. ruthab@neto.com RuthAnn > 4. agpav@midwest.net Anglea > 5. mendotreas@pacific.net Julia > 6. linda@milin.net Linda > > Please be patient with me. Both my wife and I are disabled and I have many > things that take up my time. I will do my best to get them done as soon as > possible because I know how anxious all of you are to see what's in the > book. I have been in your place MANY times before. It is because of the > mulitudes of people that have helped me in the past by doing the very same > thing I'm hoping to do you that makes me want to do it for you. I wish to > return the favor that has been done for me so many times in the past. > Because of family needs, I don't get out much so it may be a while before I > can get the information to you. If each of you want to go on and send me > your snail mail addresses, I'll have them already when I get the copying > done. Since I have so many things go on all the time, you might > periodically remind me if you don't hear from me. > > I hope that my efforts will bring excitement, as well as some needed > information to all of you. I know myself that in the past when I received > information like this, I was always so excited. I'm still available for > the time being for anyone else who desires a lookup. > > Best wishes to all of you, > Bill Atherton > > ______________________________ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [ILWASHIN] Bill Atherton > Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 09:43:37 EST > From: PPax10@aol.com > To: ILWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > > How about a big round of applause for Bill Atherton & his gracious offer of > help to all of us! While Bill was unable to be of help to me (MANSKER line), > I do appreciate his efforts. Thank you, Bill. > Pat in Kane County Illinois > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: RE: [ILWASHIN] Bill Atherton > Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 08:45:42 -0600 > From: Kristan Jones <Kristan.Jones@tvguide.com> > To: ILWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > > I agree! Just making the offer to do lookups is worthy of many thanks!! > > Kristan Jones > > -----Original Message----- > From: PPax10@aol.com [mailto:PPax10@aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:44 AM > To: ILWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ILWASHIN] Bill Atherton > > How about a big round of applause for Bill Atherton & his gracious offer of > help to all of us! While Bill was unable to be of help to me (MANSKER > line), > I do appreciate his efforts. Thank you, Bill. > Pat in Kane County Illinois > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237